destruction
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"Consider the impact of global rolling news footage of Notre Dame-like flames licking out of the building's roof, resulting in the destruction of our heritage, or worse, injuries or loss of life," he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Images of the destruction have gone viral, leaving the rest of the world to wonder whether France has become ungovernable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
There’s so much work to do, so much chaos and destruction to try to undo, and still a few months before the newly elected can take office and start shaping their states and districts.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
A 2024 United Nations report said proceeds from North Korean cyberattacks had "reportedly helped to fund the country's development of weapons of mass destruction".
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
With Nergal's destruction, his hold on the city was broken.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Renewed tensions in the Middle East since July and destructions of refining capacity in Russia have raised energy costs again, in particular gas prices, leading to higher inflation and central-bank rate-rise expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As Perry noted, pesticides are not alone in targeting sperm for destructions.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023
Podolyak added that the barrage was “an undeniable manifestation” of Russia’s “terrorist activity, legally documented by numerous destructions and victims.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
The story under that headline reported that Bankman-Fried’s entire fortune had been “wiped out” in “one of history’s greatest-ever destructions of wealth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
I have seen fatal hemorrhages from such gangrenous destructions; therefore the treatment must be both timely and energetic.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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